Arsenal fans steel yourselves, this could well be coming to your stadium any day! Ahead of Benfica’s heavyweight derby clash with Sporting, the poor players found themselves in the middle of some rather dismal corporate shenanigans cooked up by club sponsors Emirates Airlines.
The players, after completing their pre-match warm-up sessions, were forced to run off the pitch via an Emirates ‘check-in desk’, with airline staff awkwardly standing by…
Good lord!
The game itself would end in a 2-1 win for Benfica, by the way.
It’s not the first time Benfica and their sponsors have smothered the Estádio da Luz in cringe. Check out this ‘hilarious’ spoof airplane safety demonstration from 2015…
As for London’s Emirates Stadium, a check-in desk would surely only be welcomed by Arsenal fans if it speeded up their exit 10 minutes before the end of the match.